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Animated Heart of the Swarm intro shows adorable Zerg who just want to lick you

Omri Petitte
Mar 13, 2013

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Humanity's unspeakable doom never looked so cute. StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm burst out of its cocoon yesterday, and its
intro cinematic
continues a Blizzard tradition of setting the scene with gorgeous animations.
CarbotAnimations
' skillful hand-drawn replication of the intro's Zerg-on-Terran assault isn't as shiny, but if the derp-faced aliens and pudgy marines don't earn at least one giggle, then the Zergling vanquishing a soldier with a barrage of licks ought to. Now I'll feel bad whenever I blow up a Zerg base—all they wanted was cuddles.

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